The latest Eleanor Roosevelt mystery finds the First Lady joining forces with the police to solve the murder of womanizing Senator Vance Gibson, who had a knack for making enemies. Arson and attempted blackmail further complicate things for Eleanor. Martin's.
Eleanor Roosevelt embarks on her latest adventure when she delves into Washington's seedy underworld in search of the mastermind behind an assassination attempt.
In her fictional turns as a detective, as in real life, Eleanor Roosevelt has proven to be an indomitable character of courage and conviction. As storm clouds gather over Europe and FDR receives such guests as Albert Einstein, Joe Kennedy, and crime buster Eliot Ness, Eleanor is thrust into danger much closer to home. One of the President's staff has been found dead, poisoned by cyanide mixed in his evening bourbon. Even worse, the accused killer is another White House aide, Therese Rolland. Although the police are determined to pin the crime on Therese, Eleanor is immediately convinced she is innocent. Calmly but firmly, the First Lady uncovers a web of lies and secrets until another shocking murder is discovered. Suddenly, the investigation is taking Eleanor Roosevelt places no proper First Lady would ever go -- to the darkest underside of society, and toward a shattering truth that lies within the White House itself!
In the fall of 1942, at the height of World War II, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt journeys to London as her husband's emissary. Her agenda is a full one: meeting with dignitaries from the Allied nations, visiting U.S. Army bases, paying court to King George. But the murder of Sir Anthony Brooke-Hardinge, equerry to the King, provides a mystery too intriguing to ignore.
A biography by her son of the woman who, despite her shyness, followed her conscience to become one of the most admired, most criticized, and most influential First Ladies in United States history.
Murder at the President's Door is the 20st installment in the venerable but still very spry Eleanor Roosevelt mystery series, written by no less than the First Lady's own son. In her most intriguing adventure to date, the First Lady traces an assassination attempt to the depths of Washington D. C.'s underworld. It is 1933 and the President and First Lady have just settled into the White House to face a nation in the depths of a depression and a world on the brink of war. When the body of a White House police officer is discovered at the foot of the president's bedroom door, Eleanor knows that the crime must be solved without attracting the attention of the FBI or the press. So with signature determination, the First Lady enlists the confidential aid of District of Columbia Lieutenant Edward Kennelly and trusted Secret Service agent Stanislaw Sxcygiel to help her investigate. Eleanor soon realizes someone may have been trying to assassinate the president, but it is unclear why, after stabbing the officer, the suspect didn't crash into the bedroom and finish the job. Furthermore, it appears the killer knew the White House and its routines sufficiently well, leading the First Lady to question the motives of her White House staffers and grow wary of she and the President's new surroundings. As the intrepid and charming Mrs. Roosevelt engages in her latest bit of Hawkshawing, readers are treated to all the historical re-creation and rich storytelling that have become hallmarks of the series. This satisfying wartime whodunit starring America's First Lady of Mystery is a warmly rewarding look at a fascinating era, and at a woman beloved by her family and her country-Eleanor Roosevelt.
Washington D.C. is buzzing with activity when the King and Queen of England visit for a weekend. To add to the confusion created by their arrival, an assistant closely connected with the First Lady turns up strangled in a White House linen closet. Horrified, Eleanor is hot on the trail of a killer. Elliott Roosevelt is the son of Franklin and Eleanor. Martin's Press.
When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt returns to Washington, D.C., after a French vacation she finds a wealthy judge murdered in a White House suit, but she soon finds herself the next target of a violent and vengeful killer. Reprint.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt embarks on an undercover investigation into the White House murder of a crooked New Jersey congressman's son after her young British secretary becomes the prime suspect.
With a cast of characters that ranges from Al Capone to Lucky Luciano, here is the impressive debut of FDR's roguish friend--"Blackjack" Endicott--and the beginning of an unforgettable new series. When Roosevelt announces the repeal of Prohibition, the bootlegging community responds with assassination threats. Martin's.
First lady Eleanor Roosevelt masquerades as a detective in a Washington night club to hunt the killer of her social secretary. Police blame a love affair gone sour, but Eleanor discovers a German spy ring in the White House. By the author of A Royal Murder.
During the first night of Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Bernard Baruch's South Carolina estate, an explosion kills a movie producer, and the First Lady is confronted with another murder mystery
The year is 1941. France has fallen into the hands of Hitler's Germany. Even the most optimistic of Americans are forced to admit that our country would soon be rushing toward armed conflict with the Nazi war machine." "When Eleanor Roosevelt is summoned to an urgent meeting in the Oval Office, she hardly expects that her husband will want her to engage in a covert mission to Nazi-occupied France! Yet this is exactly what Colonel William Donovan has suggested and the President wishes. A French/German resistance group is planning to assassinate Hitler, and they are requesting Eleanor Roosevelt's presence as a demonstration of the United States' commitment." "So Eleanor Roosevelt finds herself en route to France, joined by Vicky, a sexy Resistance agent, and Kevin O'Neil, the witty Irish mercenary who ultimately leads them to a small chateau in the French countryside. There the unlikely trio meets a variety of strange and colorful guests, including General Erwin Rommel. But the real mystery begins when SS Colonel Artur Brandt is found lying facedown in his bedroom, with a slug embedded in the back of his head!"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
In the 15th novel featuring Eleanor Roosevelt, the first lady travels to the Bahamas to prevent the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from turning the island into a German base, a mission complicated by a murder.
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